Audit 49301

FY End
2022-09-30
Total Expended
$3.37M
Findings
28
Programs
1
Organization: China Digital Times (CA)
Year: 2022 Accepted: 2023-06-21

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
48992 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
48993 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
48994 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
48995 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
48996 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
48997 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
48998 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
48999 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
49000 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
49001 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
49002 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
49003 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
49004 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
49005 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625434 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625435 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625436 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625437 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625438 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625439 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625440 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625441 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625442 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625443 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625444 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625445 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625446 2022-001 Significant Deficiency Yes L
625447 2022-002 Significant Deficiency Yes L

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
19.345 International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor $275,316 Yes 2

Contacts

Name Title Type
UVPLR1JTLAG3 Cindy Wang Auditee
6042821716 Kathryn E Harris Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: BASIS OF PRESENTATION Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. Suchexpenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance,wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement.China Digital Times Inc. has elected to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate asallowed under the Uniform Guidance. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: China Digital Times Inc. has elected to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of China Digital Times Inc. under programs of the federal government for the year ended September 30, 2022. The information in this Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of China Digital Times Inc., it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flows of China Digital Times Inc.

Finding Details

Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.
Finding 2022-001: Inadequate Financial Reporting Condition: We noted that fiscal year-end reconciling of the program advance liability and grants receivable were incorrectly prepared and required revision, also resulting in adjustments to CDT's unaudited financial statements. Criteria: CFR 200.303, Internal Controls, states that the non-Federal entity must: Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in ?Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government? issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the ?Internal Control Integrated Framework?, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Additionally, management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Cause: The Organization did not have in place a formal system of reconciling the billings to the funders and earned revenue. Effect: Significant adjustments were proposed by management during the audit for the grants receivable and program advance. Recommendation: We strongly recommend that on a monthly or quarterly (at a minimum) basis there is a reconciliation of the billings between the funders and the revenue/costs related to the contracts to determine if there are any unbilled grants receivable or a grants advance. We also recommend detailed reviews/approvals of all supporting schedules be performed. Questioned Costs: None identified. Context: After performing initial audit procedures, we requested management to perform a reconciliation of the two accounts to properly determine the grant revenue and related grants receivable and grants advance. The condition noted is deemed to be systemic in nature. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-001 and 2020-001 Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that account and grant reconciliations are performed on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations. New procedures are also being implemented to tighten the information flow between management and the accounting team to streamline all aspects of the coding, data entry, and billing process.
Information on the Federal Programs ? for all findings: Assistance Listing Number 19.345 Finding 2022-002: Lack of Internal Control over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Condition: During our audit, we noted that the SEFA did not reconcile to the amounts reported on its financial statements. As a result, the SEFA under reported more than $500,000 of expenditures for the period under audit. Criteria: CFR 200.510(b) states that the recipient organization must be able to ?prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements?. The SEFA is required to list the individual Federal programs by Federal agency, name of the pass-through entity, total amount expended, assistance listing number and amounts provided to subrecipients. Context, Effect and Cause: During the year, management does not prepare a SEFA or a reconciliation of Federal expenditures to the expenses reported on an accrual basis in its accounting system. As a result the SEFA was not accurately completed at year-end, which required additional effort to prepare an accurate auditable report. Questioned Costs: Undetermined. Identification as a Repeat Finding: 2021-002 and 2020-002 Recommendation: We recommend CDT establish policies and procedures with respect to SEFA preparation. We also recommend the SEFA be periodically prepared and reconciled with its accounting records. The SEFA should also be reviewed and approved by management, and evidence of such approval should be maintained in its accounting records. Management Views and Corrective Action Plan: Management agrees with the finding and recommendation. Management is working with the accounting team to implement a new process to ensure that an internal SEFA is prepared and reconciled on a quarterly basis, at a minimum. Management will review and approve all reconciliations.